Wharton's Robert Field and UT-Austin's Robert Town discuss the CBO review of the AHCA.

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its assessment of the American Health Care Act, reporting that although it would save $119 billion over a decade, the plan — which was recently approved by a narrow margin in the U.S. House of Representatives — would leave 23 million Americans uninsured.

During a recent appearance on Knowledge at Wharton’s SiriusXM show, Wharton lecturer Robert Field and Robert Town, a University of Texas-Austin economics professor, discussed what else is in the report and how it may impact Senate Republicans’ version of the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Additional coverage:

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Following ‘Repeal and Replace,’ What’s the Fate of Health Care?

The Knowledge at Wharton SiriusXM show airs Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST, on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111.

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